Lawsuits generally originate with the obstinate and the ignorant, but they do not end with them; and that lawyer was right who left all his money to the support of an asylum for fools and lunatics, saying that from such he got it, and to such he would bequeath it.

He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.

Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.

Reputation is the road to power

It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual

A civilized society must count animals as worthy of moral consideration and ethical treatment. The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?

Publicity is the very soul of justice. It is the keenest spur to exertion, and the surest of all guards against improbity.